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Can anyone fill me in on the position. I understand it's not LE and is a desk job. Who knows about the locations above, also? Any help would be appreciated. I did some searches on here and couldn't find anything.

Think customer service and quotas. USCIS is very much a service agency, and their positions have very specific performance standards along the lines of "Process X number of applicants per hour." Expect to spend your days in the office making sure you deal with enough applicants or process enough files. Not a bad agency and there are career opportunities, both in promoting to management and in specialized assignments like their Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) section.

Hi GA12. Perhaps you dont need an answer, but incase you do I took the same position in Essex VT not so long ago.

It's not LE and it is a desk job. Basically you adjudicate petitions. How interesting your work is depends on what you're working. Some are interesting, with criminality, others, ho-hum yet easy. It's sort of like being a mini-judge. You apply the law, and make decisions, day to day. Which is nice and looks good on a resume. Can it be boring? Yes. Can it be interesting? Yes. The pros of an office environment are you meet a lot of friends and the place is swarming with cute girls. You are on production though. You can work from home after a year and the scheduling flexibility is amazing. Pretty much make your own schedule. The benefits are fantastic in this respect.

What do you want to know about the locations?

VT is cold and on the cutting edge
CA is in a nice place and.... in a nice place.
TX doesnt have the cool gizmos VT has, but it's Texas. Ironically they need more space.
NE a complete mystery. Some say they work in a cave. Literally.